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Table 9 Antibiotic unit price in local currency (INR) for surveyed high-end antibiotics in public and private sector

From: Access to antibiotics in New Delhi, India: implications for antibiotic policy

Antibiotic name

Public sector procurement price(procurement agency)

Private sector (median unit price at retail pharmacies)

Private sector (median unit price at chain pharmacies)

Cefepime 1 g Inj

65.52 (MCD),

-

145.00

80.22 (CG1)

Ceftazidime 1 g vial

30.75 (CPA)

-

416.70

32.80 (CG1)

37.85 (CG2)

Colistin 1000000units/vial

-

-

-

Gemifloxacin 320 mg tab/cap

15.27 (MCD)

14.90

14.90

Imipenem + cilastin

386.98 (CG2)

-

1200.00

500 mg + 500 mg Inj

567.00 (CG1)

Meropenem 500 mg Inj

365.54 (MSO) 1 g inj

1347.00

1347.00

1083.00 (MCD) 1 g inj

1606.50 (CG2) 1 g inj

1662.20 (CG1)

850.50 (CPA) 500 mg;

1606.00 1 g inj

Moxifloxacin 400 mg tab/cap

29.60 (MCD)

69.55

69.55 & 83.60

Vancomycin 500 mg inj

56.70 (MSO)

-

-

58.80 (CPA & CG1)

64.67 (MCD)

65.45 (CG2)

  1. INR Indian Rupees (Local currency).